Smell ya later!

Our awesome friends Lindsey and Megan threw us a farewell bbq at the park the night before we left. Several people from church came and it was great to see everyone once more before we left. Lindsey made the party even more fun with a cake that made us laugh out loud. Those that truly know both Lindsey and Kyle will get it....

It says:

Fart Well

Carl and Kristen

Smell you later

For those that don't get it, "Carl" is another name for Kyle, thanks to his friends growing up. "Fart well", well, that's just funny. And Kyle and Lindsey are both funny. (And I don't know about Lindsey but Kyle definitely likes farting.) As for the "Smell ya later", it's sort of Kyle's tag line, if that's the right word. You will never hear him utter a simple "good-bye" or even "see you later".

No matter where we are, I can usually find Kyle with the children:

This is Carsyn, Lindsey's youngest

Lindsey and Rache's girls

The guys (While I did interrupt their game of bocce ball, would it have killed them to stand like normal human beings for 2 seconds and smile at the camera?)

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The girls (See, not so hard)

Debbie Jensen and Melissa Durham

Brandon and Megan Hebdon, Adam Curtis, Ashley and Amelia Durham

Taylor and Ashley Harrington, Katie and Addison Brown, Katie and Paul Ellsworth

Scott, Ranelle, and Aubrey Curtis, Matthew and Julie Good

California friends

I am trying to stay busy while we wait for my dad to come out of surgery, and I can't think of anything better to do than blog some more about California :)

I really made such amazing friends in the short year and a half that we lived in Yucaipa. From the ladies, including the aerobics instructor, at the gym, to the girls at work, to my friends at church. A week before we moved, a few of my closest church friends and I had a girl's night out. We had so much fun and regret not having done it more often. We got together all the time with our spouses and their kids for dinner and game nights, which I loved. But there is something just so great about a GNO. We went to dinner at Romano's (my favorite) and then went shopping and got ice cream. Doesn't get much better than that!

From left to right:

Ashley Harrington, Rachel Gilsen, Katie Brown, Lindsey Erkelens

I already can't wait to go back and visit these girls.